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Austin Light Rail Scheme Remains on Ice After Trial Postponed
Legal challenges to Project Connect are unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
Austin Public Library Recommends Chest Binding Book for Teens
Chest binding has several reported side effects, including pain, shortness of breath, digestive issues, and neurological issues.
Houston Settles With Firefighters
The City Council approved the agreement after an eight-year battle between the city and its firefighters.
City of Fort Worth Funds Sexualized LGBT Event
The event, sponsored by the non-profit group Visit Fort Worth, is known to be given funding by the city.
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“No” to new school security taxing districts
“Three Houston-area lawmakers want to allow voters to set up special taxing districts to pay for enhanced security at Texas public schools,” AP reported earlier this week. “The plan broadly outlined Tuesday allows voters in each district to decide if they want to...
Salaries Jump For Austin ISD Administrators
Who needs teachers when you can pay for more administrators? That seems to be the prevailing attitude in Austin ISD’s central office building. The number of six-figure salary earners jumped 63 percent over the last five years, while AISD cut teachers and sued the...
Dirty Harry Reid Attempted to Expand Gambling in Texas
How's this for obnoxious interference? Nevada Senator Harry Reid, the Democrat majority leader and all-around annoying stooge, attempted to pass legislation in December to allow Native American tribes to open casinos in Texas. Politico posted the story a couple of...
Taking Aim at Conflict of Interest
Straight out of the gate, State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake) is taking aim at one of those insidious bipartisan problems in government - conflict of interest. His House Bill 524 is a transparency bill requiring lawyers who happen to be...
Twenty-Two Town Halls
One upcoming legislator is going above and beyond to make sure all of his constituents have a chance to voice their opinions before session starts. State Rep. Drew Springer will be holding 22 townhalls over the next two days. No, that’s not a typo. State Rep. Elect...
“Feeling Heat” is Just Part of the Job Description
Lawmakers in the Texas House and the U.S. House of Representatives have something in common these days. Both bodies are facing serious decisions about who will lead them going into the new year, and both are hearing from constituents about this important decision....
Spending Money to Make Money in Northside ISD
If complicated equations are your thing, it's likely you'd enjoy the WADA - "weighted average daily attendance" - portion of how Texas does school finance. School districts are understandably less than fond of this calculation, given that it means their state funding...
Broke? Texas school chiefs doing well.
Many economists are warning that we are about to fall into yet another official contraction of the economy. But don’t worry about your almost-sainted it’s-all-for-the-children local public school superintendent. “The average salary for a Texas public school...
Be Careful What You Ask For
They’re baaack! The same crowd that gave us Scratch Offs is two-stepping again. Advocates for expanding gambling have been working behind the scenes with assorted RINOs and Democrats for years, formulating a grand strategy to expand, expand, expand. Unfortunately,...